Former Key Sinaloa Cartel Figure ‘El Mini Lic’ Sentenced to Five Years for Attempted Fentanyl Trafficking

Dámaso López Serrano, also known as “El Mini Lic,” was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for his role in an attempted fentanyl trafficking operation on U.S. soil. López Serrano was once an influential figure within the Sinaloa cartel due to his father, Dámaso López Núñez, who for years served as the right-hand man of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. El Mini Lic earned a place within the cartel’s ranks through his close relationship with Guzmán’s sons, but since his first arrest in the United States in 2017, his role in the organization’s criminal activities diminished. After spending five…